Avonia quinaria ssp. alstonii *White Flower* Mesemb Mammillaria spinosissima A nice upright

Mammillaria spinosissima  A nice upright species with straight orange-red spines

It takes up water from the roots

Requires general cactus care but is more sensitive to overwatering

Depending on your conditions it may drop its leaves in the summer or it may keep them

but as the plant matures it will be consistently pink ot red

Avonia quinaria ssp. alstonii *White Flower* Mesemb Mammillaria spinosissima A nice uprightAvonia quinaria ssp. quinaria An unusual and attractive miniature caudiciform from South Africa. The base of the plant is light brown with peeling bark. On top are numerous silver blue to green stems with scale like leaves. At the ends of the stock are white flowers that can be bigger than the young plants themselves! These flowers open in the late afternoon or evening. In time the plant can reach 2 3" in diameter (very old plants can be even bigger).